H. Res. 5 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 3, 2013. 

Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 

Twelfth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of 

Representatives of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 

with amendments to the standing rules as provided in section 

2, and with other orders as provided in sections 3, 4, and 5. 

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES. 

(a) COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS.—In clause 1(d) of 

rule XI— 

(1) in subparagraph (1), strike ‘‘the 30th day after 

June 1 and December 1’’ and insert ‘‘January 2 of each 

year’’ and strike ‘‘semiannual’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (2)(B), insert ‘‘in each Congress’’ after ‘‘first such report’’; and 

(3) in subparagraph (3), strike ‘‘second or fourth 

semiannual’’. 
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(b) VOTING.— 

(1) In clause 6 of rule XVIII— 

(A) in subparagraph (b)(3), strike ‘‘five minutes’’ and insert ‘‘not less than two minutes’’; and 

(B) amend paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

‘‘(g) The Chair may postpone a request for a recorded vote on any amendment. The Chair may resume 

proceedings on a postponed request at any time. The 

Chair may reduce to not less than two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting— 

‘‘(1) on any postponed question that follows 

another electronic vote without intervening business, 

provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall be 

15 minutes; or 

‘‘(2) on any postponed question taken without 

intervening debate or motion after the Committee of 

the Whole resumes its sitting if in the discretion of 

the Chair Members would be afforded an adequate 

opportunity to vote.’’. 

(2) In rule XX— 

(A) amend clause 8(c) to read as follows: 

‘‘(c) The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the 

minimum time for electronic voting on a question post-
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poned under this clause, or on a question incidental 

thereto, that— 

‘‘(1) follows another electronic vote without intervening business, so long as the minimum time for 

electronic voting on the first in any series of questions is 15 minutes; or 

‘‘(2) follows a report from the Committee of 

the Whole without intervening debate or motion if 

in the discretion of the Speaker Members would be 

afforded an adequate opportunity to vote.’’; and 

(B) amend clause 9 to read as follows: 

‘‘9. The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting— 

‘‘(a) on any question arising without intervening 

business after an electronic vote on another question if 

notice of possible five-minute voting for a given series of 

votes was issued before the preceding electronic vote; 

‘‘(b) on any question arising after a report from the 

Committee of the Whole without debate or intervening 

motion; or 

‘‘(c) on the question of adoption of a motion to recommit (or ordering the previous question thereon) arising without intervening motion or debate other than debate on the motion.’’. 
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(c) CLARIFICATIONS IN RULE X.—In clause 1 of rule 

X— 

(1) in paragraph (j)(2), strike ‘‘Organization and 

administration’’ and insert ‘‘Organization, administration, and general management’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (m)(9), strike ‘‘Insular possessions’’ and insert ‘‘Insular areas’’. 

(d) MODIFICATION OF THE RAMSEYER RULE.—In 

clause 3(e)(1)(B) of rule XIII, insert ‘‘and adjacent provisions if useful to enable the intent and effect of the amendment to be clearly understood,’’ before ‘‘showing’’. 

(e) CHANGES TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.— 

(1) In clause 3(b)(8) of rule XI— 

(A) amend subdivision (A)(ii) to read as follows: 

‘‘(ii) upon the day of such decision or 

vote, make a public statement that the 

matter, relating to the referral made by 

the board of the Office of Congressional 

Ethics regarding the Member, officer, or 

employee of the House who is the subject 

of the applicable referral, has been extended.’’; and 

(B) in subdivision (B)(ii)— 
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(i) strike ‘‘the committee votes to extend 

the matter’’ and insert ‘‘the matter is extended’’; and 

(ii) strike ‘‘the committee has voted to extend the matter’’ and insert ‘‘the matter has 

been extended’’. 

(2) In clause 8(c) of rule XXIII— 

(A) strike ‘‘spouse’’ in each place it appears 

and insert (in each instance) ‘‘relative’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (2), strike ‘‘One Hundred 

Seventh Congress’’ and insert ‘‘One Hundred Thirteenth Congress’’; and 

(C) add the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(3) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘relative’ means an individual who is related to the 

Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, 

aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-inlaw, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, or granddaughter.’’. 

(3) In clause 13 of rule XXIII, strike ‘‘Copies of 

the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be retained by 
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the Clerk as part of the records of the House.’’ and insert ‘‘Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall 

be retained as part of the records of the House, in the 

case of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner, by the Clerk, and in the case of an officer or employee of the House, by the Sergeant-at-Arms.’’. 

(4) In clause 15 of rule XXIII— 

(A) in paragraph (a), strike ‘‘paragraph (b)’’ 

and insert ‘‘paragraphs (b) and (c)’’; 

(B) in paragraph (b)— 

(i) amend subparagraph (3) to read as follows: 

‘‘(3) the flight consists of the personal use of 

an aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 

Commissioner that is supplied by— 

‘‘(A) an individual on the basis of personal 

friendship; or 

‘‘(B) another Member, Delegate, or the 

Resident Commissioner;’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (4), strike the period 

and insert ‘‘; or’’; and 

(iii) add the following: 

‘‘(5) the owner or operator of the aircraft is 

paid a pro rata share of the fair market value of 

the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge 
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for a comparable plane of comparable size as determined by dividing such cost by the number of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of Congress on the flight.’’; and 

(C) redesignate paragraph (c) as paragraph (d) 

and insert after paragraph (b) the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(c) An advance written request for a waiver of the 

restriction in paragraph (a) may be granted jointly by 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ethics, subject to such conditions as they may 

prescribe.’’. 

(f) TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING CHANGES.— 

(1) In clause 12(b)(2) of rule I, strike ‘‘Chair of the 

Committee of the Whole’’ and insert ‘‘chair of the Committee of the Whole’’. 

(2) In clause 6(c)(4) of rule II, before ‘‘the Committee on House Administration’’ insert ‘‘the Committee 

on Appropriations and’’. 

(3) In rule V— 

(A) in clause 1, strike ‘‘telecommunications’’ 

each place it appears and insert (in each instance) 

‘‘communications’’; 
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(B) in clause 2(a), strike ‘‘recording of the 

proceedings’’ and insert ‘‘recording of the floor proceedings’’; and 

(C) in clause 2(c)(1), strike ‘‘political purpose’’ 

and insert ‘‘partisan political campaign purpose’’. 

(4) In clause 2(b) of rule XI, strike ‘‘unless otherwise provided by written rule adopted by the committee’’ 

and insert ‘‘if notice is given pursuant to paragraph 

(g)(3)’’. 

(5) In clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI, before the last sentence, insert ‘‘Such notice shall also be made publicly 

available in electronic form and shall be deemed to satisfy paragraph (g)(3)(A)(ii).’’. 

(6) In clause 2(e)(1)(A)(ii) of rule XI, strike 

‘‘record vote is demanded’’ and insert ‘‘record vote is 

taken’’. 

(7) In clause 2(e)(2)(A) of rule XI, strike ‘‘all committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files’’ and insert ‘‘all committee records (including hearings, data, 

charts, and files)’’. 

(8) In clause 2(l) of rule XI— 

(A) strike ‘‘that member shall be entitled’’ and 

insert ‘‘all members shall be entitled’’; and 
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(B) strike ‘‘to file such views, in writing and 

signed by that member,’’ and insert ‘‘to file such 

written and signed views’’. 

(9) In clause 3(h) of rule XI— 

(A) strike ‘‘(h)(1)’’ and insert ‘‘(h)’’; and 

(B) redesignate subdivisions (A) and (B) as 

subparagraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 

(10) In clause 6(g) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘it shall (to 

the maximum extent possible) specify in the resolution 

the object of’’ and insert ‘‘it shall to the maximum extent possible specify in the accompanying report’’. 

(11) In clause 2 of rule XV, strike ‘‘standing’’ each 

place it appears. 

(12) In clause 6 of rule XV, add the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(d) Precedents, rulings, or procedures in effect before the One Hundred Eleventh Congress regarding the 

priority of business and the availability of other business 

on Wednesday shall be applied only to the extent consistent with this clause.’’. 

(13) In clause 5(c)(3)(B) of rule XX, after ‘‘Minority Leader’’ each place it appears insert (in each instance) ‘‘(or their respective designees)’’. 

(14) In clause 8(a)(1) of rule XXII— 
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(A) in subdivision (A), after ‘‘in the Congressional Record’’ insert ‘‘or pursuant to clause 3 of 

rule XXIX’’; and 

(B) in subdivision (B), before ‘‘copies’’ insert 

‘‘printed or electronic’’. 

(15) In clause 2 of rule XXIV, strike ‘‘Clerk’’ and 

insert ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’. 

(16) In clause 1 of rule XXVI, strike the second 

sentence. 

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 

(a) INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 1899A(d) of the Social Security Act shall not apply in 

the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. 

(b) BUDGET MATTERS.— 

(1) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 

references in section 306 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 to a resolution shall be construed in the 

House of Representatives as references to a joint resolution. 

(2) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 

in the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of 

order under section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974 shall be determined on the basis of the text 

made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for 
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the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the 

previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the 

case may be. 

(3) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 

a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, that establishes prospectively for a Federal office or position a 

specified or minimum level of compensation to be funded 

by annual discretionary appropriations shall not be considered as providing new entitlement authority within 

the meaning of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

(4)(A) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, except as provided in subparagraph (C), a motion 

that the Committee of the Whole rise and report a bill 

to the House shall not be in order if the bill, as amended, exceeds an applicable allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as estimated by the Committee on the 

Budget. 

(B) If a point of order under subparagraph (A) 

is sustained, the Chair shall put the question: 

‘‘Shall the Committee of the Whole rise and report 

the bill to the House with such amendments as may 

have been adopted notwithstanding that the bill exceeds its allocation of new budget authority under 
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section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974?’’. Such question shall be debatable for 10 

minutes equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the question and an opponent but shall 

be decided without intervening motion. 

(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply— 

(i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) 

of rule XXI; or 

(ii) after disposition of a question under 

subparagraph (B) on a given bill. 

(D) If a question under subparagraph (B) is 

decided in the negative, no further amendment shall 

be in order except— 

(i) one proper amendment, which shall be 

debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 

controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

not be subject to a demand for division of the 

question in the House or in the Committee of 

the Whole; and 

(ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by 

the chair or ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Appropriations or their designees, for the purpose of debate. 
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(5) During the first session of the One Hundred 

Thirteenth Congress, pending the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014, the 

provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 112, One 

Hundred Twelfth Congress, as adopted by the House, 

shall have force and effect in the House as though Congress has adopted such concurrent resolution, and the 

allocations of spending authority printed in tables 11 

and 12 of House Report 112–421 (One Hundred 

Twelfth Congress) shall be considered for all purposes in 

the House to be the allocations under section 302(a) of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

(c) DETERMINATIONS FOR PAYGO ACTS.—In determining the budgetary effects of any legislation for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

2010 (including the required designation in PAYGO Acts), 

the chair of the Committee on the Budget may make adjustments to take into account the exemptions and adjustments 

set forth in section 503(b)(1) of House Concurrent Resolution 112, One Hundred Twelfth Congress. 

(d) SPENDING REDUCTION AMENDMENTS IN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.— 

(1) During the reading of a general appropriation 

bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union, it shall be in order to 
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consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer 

appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a 

spending reduction account. When considered en bloc 

under this paragraph, such amendments may amend 

portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (following disposition of any points of order against such 

portions) and are not subject to a demand for division 

of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

Whole. 

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall 

not be in order to consider an amendment to a spending 

reduction account in the House or in the Committee of 

the Whole House on the state of the Union. 

(3) It shall not be in order to consider an amendment to a general appropriation bill proposing a net increase in budget authority in the bill (unless considered 

en bloc with another amendment or amendments proposing an equal or greater decrease in such budget authority pursuant to clause 2(f) of rule XXI). 

(4) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI 

shall not apply to a spending reduction account. 

(5) A general appropriation bill may not be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state 

of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction account as the last section of the bill. An order to report 
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a general appropriation bill to the House shall constitute 

authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to add such a section to the bill or modify the figure contained therein. 

(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term 

‘‘spending reduction account’’ means an account in a 

general appropriation bill that bears that caption and 

contains only a recitation of the amount by which an applicable allocation of new budget authority under section 

302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds 

the amount of new budget authority proposed by the bill. 

(e) ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) It shall not be in order to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget, or amendment thereto or 

conference report thereon, unless it contains a separate 

heading entitled ‘‘Direct Spending’’, which shall include 

a category for ‘‘Means-Tested Direct Spending’’ and a 

category for ‘‘Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending’’ and 

sets forth— 

(A) the average rate of growth for each category in the total amount of outlays during the 10- 

year period preceding the budget year; 

(B) estimates for each such category under 

current law for the period covered by the concurrent 

resolution; and 
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(C) information on proposed reforms in such 

categories. 

(2) Before the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget by the Committee on the Budget for 

a fiscal year, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

shall submit for printing in the Congressional Record a 

description of programs which shall be considered 

means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct 

spending for purposes of this subsection. 

(f) CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 

5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress— 

(1) the Committee on Armed Services may have not 

more than seven subcommittees; 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not 

more than seven subcommittees; and 

(3) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may have not more than six subcommittees. 

(g) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 

During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress— 

(1) The House of Representatives may not provide 

access to any exercise facility which is made available exclusively to Members and former Members, officers and 

former officers of the House of Representatives, and 

their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or 
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spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 

Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or agent 

of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. 

For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 

promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 

(h) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, the first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 

through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the 

Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 

through H.R. 20) shall be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader. 

(i) INCLUSION OF UNITED STATES CODE CITATIONS.— 

To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with established drafting conventions, an instruction in a bill or joint 

resolution proposing to repeal or amend any law or part 

thereof not contained in a codified title of the United States 

Code shall include, if available, the applicable United States 

Code citation in parenthesis immediately following the designation of the matter proposed to be repealed or amended. 

(j) DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— 

(1) The chair of a committee may request that the 

General Accountability Office perform a duplication 
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analysis of any bill or joint resolution referred to that 

committee. Any such analysis shall assess whether, and 

the extent to which, the bill or joint resolution creates 

a new Federal program, office, or initiative that duplicates or overlaps with any existing Federal program, office, or initiative. 

(2) The report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution shall include a statement, as though under clause 

3(c) of rule XIII, indicating whether any provision of the 

measure establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 

Federal Government known to be duplicative of another 

Federal program. The statement shall at a minimum explain whether— 

(A) any such program was included in any report from the Government Accountability Office to 

Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 

111–139; or 

(B) the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, published pursuant to the Federal 

Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, as 

amended by Public Law 98–169), identified other 

programs related to the program established or reauthorized by the measure. 

(k) DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS.— 
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(1) The report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution shall include a statement, as though under clause 

3(c) of rule XIII, estimating the number of directed rule 

makings required by the measure. 

(2) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 

‘‘directed rule making’’ means a specific rule making 

within the meaning of section 551 of title 5, United 

States Code, specifically directed to be completed by a 

provision in the measure, but does not include a grant 

of discretionary rule making authority. 

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 

(a) LITIGATION MATTERS.— 

(1) CONTINUING AUTHORITY FOR THE BIPARTISAN

LEGAL ADVISORY GROUP.— 

(A) The House authorizes the Bipartisan Legal 

Advisory Group of the One Hundred Thirteenth 

Congress— 

(i) to act as successor in interest to the 

Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the One 

Hundred Twelfth Congress with respect to civil 

actions in which it intervened in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress to defend the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (1 U.S.C. 7) or related provisions of 

titles 10, 31, and 38, United States Code, in-
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cluding in the case of Windsor v. United 

States, 833 F. Supp.2d 394 (S.D.N.Y. June 6, 

2012), aff’d, 699 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. Oct. 18, 

2012), cert. granted, No. 12–307 (Dec. 7, 

2012), cert. pending No. 12–63 (July 16, 

2012) and 12–785 (Dec. 28, 2012); 

(ii) to take such steps as may be appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil actions; and 

(iii) to intervene in other cases that involve a challenge to the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act or related provisions of titles 10, 31, and 38, 

United States Code. 

(B) Pursuant to clause 8 of rule II, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group continues to speak for, 

and articulate the institutional position of, the 

House in all litigation matters in which it appears, 

including in Windsor v. United States. 

(2) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES FOR THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM AND

THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.— 

(A) The House authorizes— 

(i) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the One Hundred Thir-
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teenth Congress to act as the successor in interest to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the One Hundred Twelfth 

Congress with respect to the civil action Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 

United States House of Representatives v. Eric 

H. Holder, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, filed by the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress 

pursuant to House Resolution 706; and 

(ii) the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (when elected), 

on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, and the Office of General 

Counsel to take such steps as may be appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil action, including amending the complaint as circumstances may warrant. 

(B) The House authorizes the chair of the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and until such committee has adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of 

rule XI, to issue subpoenas related to the investiga-
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tion into the United States Department of Justice 

operation known as ‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related 

matters. 

(C) The House authorizes the chair of the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of 

General Counsel to petition to join as a party to the 

civil action referenced in paragraph (1) any individual subpoenaed by the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform of the One Hundred 

Twelfth Congress as part of its investigation into 

the United States Department of Justice operation 

known as ‘‘Fast and Furious’’ and related matters 

who failed to comply with such subpoena, or any 

successor to such individual. 

(D) The House authorizes the chair of the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

(when elected), on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of 

General Counsel, at the authorization of the Speaker after consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, to initiate judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of subpoenas issued to 

such individuals. 
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(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP.—House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in the same manner as 

such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress 

except that the commission concerned shall be known as the 

House Democracy Partnership. 

(c) TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.—Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred 

Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Thirteenth 

Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in 

the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— 

(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission 

may, in addition to collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members 

of other relevant committees; and 

(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is authorized to obtain 

from other offices of the House of Representatives. 

(d) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS.—Section 1 of 

House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall 

apply in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in the same 

manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth 

Congress, except that— 
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(1) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be 

treated as a standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 

Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)); 

(2) references to the Committee on Standards of 

Official Conduct shall be construed as references to the 

Committee on Ethics; 

(3) the second sentence of section 1(b)(6)(A) shall 

not apply; and 

(4) members subject to section 1(b)(6)(B) may be 

reappointed for a second additional term. 

(e) EMPANELING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF

THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.— 

The text of House Resolution 451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

in the same manner as such provision applied in the One 

Hundred Tenth Congress. 

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 

(a) READING OF THE CONSTITUTION.—The Speaker 

may recognize a Member for the Reading of the Constitution 

on any legislative day through January 15, 2013. 

(b) MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES.—It shall be in 

order at any time on the legislative day of January 4, 2013, 

for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend 
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the rules, as though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to 

a measure addressing flood insurance. 

Attest: 

Clerk.